3 Day Mindfulness and Meditation Retreat for Everyone in Winslow, Buckingham

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Duration

3 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

18 people

Languages

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Mindfulness and Meditation Retreat in the UK

Join them for a weekend of love, laughter, and learning and discover a profoundly better way of living. Their weekend mindfulness and meditation retreats are for everyone aged 18 to 90 who wants to explore the wonderful possibilities that mindfulness and meditation have to offer. Whether you are drawn to mindfulness to ease stress, relieve depression, tackle illness, improve your well-being, or achieve spiritual enlightenment, this retreat is for you. They are perfect for complete beginners and mindfulness masters alike.

Meet the instructors

ADRIAN RIDES

Adrian is the founder of the Now Project and the principal teacher on all courses and retreats of Love Life Live Now. Adrian has a very powerful gift, just being in his presence can begin a shift within you. His teachings either on retreat, at the classes or through personal coaching will resonate deeply, have you laughing or being okay with crying and best of all will make you feel truly alive.

STEVE DIXON

Steve came on Now Project Retreat 9 years ago whilst struggling with addiction and mental health issues, This was the turning point for him and the skills he learned transformed his life, Steve returned for 3 further retreats and was able to kick his addictions and restore good mental health. This started him on a journey of meditation and awakening which took him to India where he studied with masters and gurus where he learned many different meditation approaches which he loves to share. Steve is the real deal – he lives and breathes mindfulness.

Highlights

  • Daily meditation classes
  • Full program of teaching
  • Pre and post retreat support from their team
  • Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
  • 3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
  • 2 nights accommodation
  • Parking

Skill level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

3 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 18 participants

 Accommodation

Check-in Time:
17:00
Check-out Time:
16:00

Facilities

  •  Barbeque facilities
  •  Dining area
  •  Kitchen
  •  Lounge
  •  Free Wi-Fi

They are not exclusive – their retreats are inclusive and priced to make them accessible as possible. It’s not the Ritz but the accommodation is clean smart and really quite funky. Rooms are clean and comfortable with free Wi-Fi.

 

 Program

If you are new to mindfulness, you’ll learn everything that you need to be mindful in a weekend. If you are already practicing mindfulness, then these weekends will take your practice to a new level.

They are great fun, the food is fantastic, you’ll meet some wonderful people and you’ll learn something that could change your life.

Highlights

  • Ideal for beginners and masters alike
  • A full program of teaching and meditation
  • Simple but profound teaching
  • Gong bath
  • Yoga Nidra
  • Ongoing support with your practice
  • 20 years of mindfulness teaching experience

What are their mindfulness weekends about?

It’s great to learn mindfulness from books or lectures, but in truth mindfulness is an experience, and books and lectures can only point you in the right direction.

Mindfulness can’t be grasped intellectually because mindfulness isn’t a theory, or a belief, or anything to do with mental gymnastics. Mindfulness is a state of being. It’s a heightened state of alert awareness that allows your mind to go quiet. Then you can rest from the constant mental chatter, your problems, worries, and head dramas and get on with the really important issue of enjoying your life.

The basic principles of mindfulness are really simple and there really isn’t much to understand. Mindfulness is all about practice and direct experience. And that is what their Summer of Love weekends are about.

They’ll teach you everything that you need to know to practice mindfulness, but more importantly you’ll get to experience mindfulness for real and live it for an extended period.

From the outset, they’ll help you to achieve a deep state of mindfulness and the retreat is designed to help you maintain your mindfulness for much of the weekend. And that will teach you more about mindfulness than any book, lecture, or smart phone app ever can.

They have a team of really experienced mindfulness practitioners who can hold a high degree of mindfulness and they will help to keep you mindful in between the classes, teaching you mindfulness, and advancing your practice to a new level.

They won’t make you dress in robes or sit facing a wall for hours, there’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s just not their style. They prefer to teach mindfulness their own way. They have a modern, plain-talking approach to mindfulness, the teaching is no less profound but they want to make it accessible relaxed and fun. It is a holiday after all.

Go on, treat yourself, book yourself on their mindfulness retreat weekend everyone deserves a holiday from their head – even you!

Schedule

Friday

You can arrive any time after 5 pm, they’ll have a warm welcome and a hot drink ready for you. You’ll get the chance to settle into your accommodation. They are a friendly bunch and they want to put you at ease and let any stress you are carrying dissolve and the magic start to work.

  • 19:00 Dinner: Home-cooked vegetarian food (vegan / gluten-free option)
  • 20:00 Welcome talk and introductions
  • 21:00 Evening meditation with Steve, yoga Nidra, gong bath
  • Chill out and fun and games around the campfire

Saturday

  • 08:00 Chi Gong with Steve: Chi Gong is an ancient form of moving meditation. A simple system of mindful movements which form the basis of Tai Chi. It’s the perfect start to the day, it awakens the body and helps to center your mind for the day ahead (don’t worry if you have limited mobility, you can even do Chi Gong sitting down)
  • 09:00 Breakfast
  • 10:30 The fundamentals of mindfulness: Adrian will explore the basics of mindfulness and help you enter a state of Satori – clearing the clouds of thought from your mind and into a place of clear blue thoughtless clarity. You learn the main techniques for achieving thoughtless awareness. It’s wonderful to be able to switch off your problem, worries, and head drama. But it’s just the start really and Adrian will explore with you the life-changing possibilities this offers you
  • Break: Tea, coffee, cake
  • 13:00 The way of the body: Adrian will explore an approach to mindfulness favored by the late great Master Thich Nhat Hahn called The Way of the Body. The alignment of mind and body is the most perfect way to cultivate mindfulness and bring it into your everyday life. Mindful walking, mindful eating mindful breathing, mindful everything. Featuring the famous standing-in-a-queue meditation and forest bathing. (It’s alright, you keep your clothes on)
  • 14:00 Lunch
  • 15:30 Mindful walk: The art of mindful walking, never going anywhere, but always arriving. How to turn the simple act of walking into the most beautiful meditation experience. As the thinking subsides your senses come alive and a whole new world comes into view
  • Break: Tea, coffee, cake
  • 17:30 School of meditation: Steve’s passion for meditation has taken him on an incredible journey of exploration, he’s explored many meditation practices, lived in Ashrams in India, and studied with gurus and masters. Steve will explore a number of different techniques.
  • 19:00 Dinner
  • 20:30 Evening meditation: sound bath
  • Chill out and fun and games around the campfire

Sunday

  • 08:00 Kundalini yoga (meditation)
  • 09:00 Breakfast
  • 10:00 Mindfulness of emotions: Adrian will explore the art of self-mastery. How to feel and process painful emotions in your body, without reacting to them and thereby spreading more pain and suffering into the world. You’ll discover that you don’t need to fear or avoid painful emotions, that they are not bigger than you and they need not ruin your quality of life. You’ll learn how to manage emotions consciously and move away from reaction towards right action from a place of calm clarity
  • 11:30 Break
  • 12:00 The energy of mindfulness: As the thinking mind quietens, you begin to perceive a more subtle energetic dimension to reality. You’ll explore the energy of mindfulness and touch upon the potential for healing and ultimately world transformation
  • 13:00 Break
  • 13:30 Emotional clearing meditation: This is a powerful meditation and fantastic for healing unresolved emotional pain. Many of the people who come back to their retreats time and time again come for this experience. You’ll love it
  • 14:30 Lunch
  • 15:30 What now? How to maintain your mindfulness and create a brighter world – ongoing support
  • 16:00 Retreat ends

 Food

All meals are home-cooked vegetarian with vegan and gluten-free options – Please advise of any food intolerances they need to cater for.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
If you have special dietary requirements it’s a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

  • Daily meditation classes
  • Full teaching program
  • Everything you need to bring mindfulness into your life
  • Pre and post retreat support from the team
  • Long term support with your practice
  • 2 nights accommodation
  • Daily vegetarian meals
  • Water, tea, and coffee
  • Parking
  • Airfare
  • Airport transfers

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